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If you were found guilty in municipal court you would file a trial de novo in state court. If you were found guilty in a state court, you would have to make a motion for a new trial within ten days and then if the motion was not granted you could file an appeal with the appellate court. I recommend seeking an attorney for your options.

An appeal is simply a legal process which you just file with the appellate court for the area in which the superior court which convicted you sits. To be clear, however, an appeal is not simply a "re-do" as your question seems to imply, but rather you must show how and why the superior court incorrectly convicted you based on the evidence presented at that trial. If you cannot show some type of error, you likely do not have grounds, thus an appeal would not be granted.

If you were found guilty in a Utah justice court, you have 30 days to appeal to the district court. If your first trial was in district court, then you will need to find a reason to appeal. Contact a lawyer with the specifics of your case.

You ordinarily have 30 day to file a notice of appeal. After filing the notice of appeal, you prepare an Appendix and legal brief including the arguments as to why your conviction should be overturned or vacated. You must comply with a complex series of procedural requirements governing appeals. It would be virtually impossible for you to handle this on your own without a lawyer. Further, you do not have the right to "try again" unless you can show that the Court in which you were convicted made errors of law or made fact findings that constitute an abuse of discretion. It will be very hard to overturn your conviction unless the trial judge made rather glaring errors. This is because shoplifting cases are considered relatively minor, and judges have great discretion concerning how they deal with them unless the judge made a whopper of a mistake and you can prove it, you are probably wasting your time. And unless you retain legal counsel, your appeal is unlikely to be perfected and briefed properly. If you want to challenge this conviction you will need to retain legal counsel.

You won't be able to try it again unless you have some really good legally justifiable reasons for doing so. Whatever you do do not attempt this on your own. Appeals are very time consuming an extremely intricate. There are also strict deadlines so make sure you get on this right away or else you may waive your right to an appeal. Look for an experienced appellate attorney to review your case and decide what issues, if any, can be appealed.

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